Meanings of black stilt in English

DOC's Threatened Species Ambassador Nicola Toki discusses the critter of the week, the black stilt.

Heavy snow has damaged two aviaries used to house the critically endangered black stilt (kaki) near Twizel.

DOC said there were only 31 black stilt in the wild 25 years ago, now there were 106.

Listen to the black stilt, a critically endangered species with a breeding population confined to the Mackenzie Basin of South Canterbury and North Otago.

Bird of the Year also featured on Tinder for the first time, with Shelly the kakī ( black stilt) attracting 500 matches across New Zealand.

The kākāpō was runner up with 3772 votes and the kakī ( black stilt) came in third with 2995 votes.